Essays, commentary and rants from Dave Taylor, single dad to three terrific kids, as he navigates the waters of divorce, single fatherhood, and parenting children ranging from 7 to 15.
My friend and fellow Dad blogger Jim Turner (aka Genuine) and I had an interesting discussion this evening over a rather extraordinarily long and delicious dinner away from the wee ones where we talked about whether children should be required to apologize if they break the rules or hurt someone. It sprang out of a [...]
We’re a bit stuck on this issue so I’m turning to the blogosphere for advice: we have two old dogs that we’ve had for many, many years, since we got them as 10 week old puppies from a breeder. They’re both standard poodles, smart, funny dogs, but they’re also both old now, about 13 or [...]
In the name of “family values”, it appears that the Japanese are going to be taking a step backwards and surprisingly little is being written about it here in the United States. This is all thanks to Sanae Takaichi, who was just appointed as (ready for this?) Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories [...]
Oh man, what a few weeks it’s been. It started with me in Las Vegas, speaking at a conference and having Linda tell me on the phone that “Oh! G- has the chickenpox.” Now, unto itself, that was actually good news: since we’re not proponents of vaccination, we were glad to know that a common, [...]
